Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defends the administration’s executive action on immigration as “simple common sense” and says he personally recommended each of the policies that impact his department—which is to say, the heart of the controversial policy announced last month by President Barack Obama. In testimony prepared for the House Homeland Security Committee, where he is scheduled to appear on Tuesday, Mr. Johnson outlines the changes and explains why he supports them.

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